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After experiencing a period of rapid decline between 1986 and 1994, cocaine use is once again on the rise in the United States. The increased prevalence of use among college students is particularly troubling because of its potential[...]

Meta-analysis is applied to aggregate-level studies that model the demand for cigarettes using static, myopic, or rational addiction frameworks in an attempt to synthesize key findings in the literature and to identify determinants of the variat[...]

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This article introduces the economic approach to understanding and modeling substance use, including the economic implications of banning smoking in restaurants if the consumption of alcohol and cigarettes is complementary, and the i[...]

This article gives an overview of the way economists model the decision to consume addictive commodities and reviews some of the relevant literature testing aspects of the model. It aims to answer the question of how it is that economists can sp[...]

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It is well known that cigarette smoking and the use of other addictive goods is harmful to health. Still, some people smoke cigarettes and drink alcohol in their daily lives. The consumption of addictive goods seems, therefore, to be[...]

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Drug legalization is gaining ever-widening support in most Western societies. A liberalization of current drug laws will most probably lead to a fall in drug prices. The present article focuses on recent economic studies examining th[...]

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This article analyzes retrospective information reported in an individual specific cross-sectional data set to examine who among daily cigarette smokers is likely to quit. In general, current quitting information is quite different f[...]